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Downstairs toilet

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  • 29-10-2009 3:00pm
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    aidan13
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭


    I'm looking to put an exension on the side of my house. I want to put a small toilet in, does a toilet in an extension need to be wheelchair accessable?


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    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    All toilets downstairs are ment to be wheelchair accessable however I have seen toilets that are not even people accessable being declared wheelchair accessable just by the presence of a couple of handles.

    Your best bet is to get a copy of the building regs.


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    Prenderb
    Registered Users Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Prenderb


    Yeah, all building must comply with Part M of the Building Regulations, relating to the accessability of the building for "people with disabilities" (really, it's accessibility for everybody). Technical Guidance Document M is downloadable from here.

    As an aside, all new building must comply with all of the Building Regulations.....


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    Martron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Martron


    even if you were not to follow the regs. its in your best interest to have to wheelchair accessible.

    it does not look any different it takes up a little more room but you never know you may need it some day.

    ( trust me i had hernia operation done and i needed all the room i could get!!!!)

    also if you selling the house makes it a selling point rather than something you have to lie about.


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